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Palestinians pray in street after Israeli authorities close al-Aqsa mosque – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 20, 2026

Hundreds of Muslims gathered outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem for Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday after al-Aqsa mosque was closed by Israeli authorities.Israel said the closure was part of security measures linked to the count…

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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza March 20, 2026

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictionsFor the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, wi…

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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza March 20, 2026

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictionsFor the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, wi…

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We can’t stand by while children are killed in war | Letters
ByGuardian staff March 18, 2026

Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, IranWe welcome Gordon Brown’s powerful focus on the traumatic effects of war on children in Iran (Children ki…

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Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsoft’s money
ByKeza MacDonald March 18, 2026

In this week’s newsletter: the creators of All Will Rise on standing up to the tech giant – and joining the No Games for Genocide movement• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereVideo games are in a funding crisis. Investor mon…

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As Israel prepares to implement the ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon, where is the international reaction? | Ben Reiff
ByBen Reiff March 18, 2026

A red-flag alert has been issued by one genocide-prevention organisation. This is not the time for empty condemnations but sanctions and arms embargosAnyone following Israeli media discourse in recent days may be experiencing a severe case of deja vu. …

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War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik March 16, 2026

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices…

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UK complicit in desecration of international law in Gaza, says Corbyn-led tribunal
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor March 15, 2026

Unofficial body co-chaired by ex-Labour leader says Britain failed to meet its duty to seek to prevent a genocideThe Labour government has been complicit in crimes committed by Israel in Gaza and in the desecration of international law, according to an…

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Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem March 15, 2026March 15, 2026

Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping tripIsraeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank, shooting all four in the head and face as…

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These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models
ByAvner Gvaryahu March 15, 2026

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too highThere is an Israeli military strategy called the “fog procedure”. First used during the se…

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